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bhrgunatha  ·  2156 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A list of AIs doing what their creators said, not what they meant

    In an artificial life simulation where survival required energy but giving birth had no energy cost, one species evolved a sedentary lifestyle that consisted mostly of mating in order to produce new children which could be eaten (or used as mates to produce more edible children).

I'm laughing and crying.